Butter Making Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Shake till it clumps): 1. Fill the jar only one-third full of fresh cream. 2. Screw the lid on tightly. 3. Shake hard, taking turns, for 10–15 minutes. 4. When lumps form, pour off the buttermilk and rinse the butter in cold water.
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- 1.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 3.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
- 4.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
- 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
- 10.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 14.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
- 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 18.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) dissolving salt
- 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
- 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a balloon (d) cold water to rinse
- 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
- 38.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
- 40.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- cannot be undone
- so cream does not spill
- still runny cream
- can be undone
- cannot be undone
- not needed
- False
- the cream temperature
- False
- we keep it the same
- the amount of cream
- we measure it
- False
- it will not break
- freezing water
- cannot be undone
- not needed
- False
- True
- dissolving salt
- baking a cake
- we keep it the same
- True
- needed
- melting butter
- can be undone
- False
- needed
- False
- no butter forms
- rusting iron
- a timer
- folding paper
- a jar with a tight lid
- a balloon
- cooking an egg
- False
- melting ice
- False
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